A shark expert has raised an alarm over a shocking increase in attacks along the coast of Queensland.
His worries come after a 29-year-old man had been pulled near Moreton Island last weekend a few weeks after 17-year-old Charlize Zmuda was deadly attacked by Bribie Island.
In the meantime, the locals fear that the situation can escalate after a huge whale carcass was buried in the area – notorious among the locals as 'Shark Alley'.
The 15 -tonne humpbacks, found on the Woorim Beach of Bribie Island in October last year, was already partially devoured by Sharks before the authorities bury it.
The grave is just a few meters from where Mrs. Zmuda was killed on 3 February and only 11 nautical miles from where the 29-year-old man was attacked last weekend near the walking track.
An Australian shark expert, anonymously speaking for fear of a return, criticized the decision to bury the carcass and warned that the resolutive remains could act as a long-term attraction for sharks.
“I can't believe they even considered it, whale carcasses are so greasy and what happens is that (the oil) is leaking out of the sand and in the waterways for years,” the expert told Daily Mail Australia.
“You can't go that deep to bury them and a shark can easily sniff it out, especially in that warm tropical water – there will be a constant path that leaks out.”
Teen Charlize Zmuda was killed after he was attacked by a shark of Bribie Island
The dead whale was washed up and then buried in October 2024
The expert also attributes the increase in attacks to the flowering bull shark population of Queensland, caused by large limits on catches introduced in July 2021.
In Queensland, each person may only catch and store one shark, provided that it is not more than 1.5 meters.
“The government of Queensland has a size limit on sharks that you could catch, and since then his figures went through the roof,” he said.
'If you read one of the fishing pages, you will see that Visser can't even land their catch because bull sharks just swim with the boats and take the fish.
“But it has become a political thing about commercial fishing. You cannot trust studies because an agenda has been confirmed and the Greens want to save (the sharks). '
He said that although sharks are not actively hunting people on food, a single bite can cause fatal blood loss.
“They can easily bite a person in two and they are currently productive.”
The man who was attacked during the weekend recovers in a hospital in Brisbane after she has come from Moreton Island.
He was beaten in the waters of the Bay side of Moreton Island at the Walking Course of the Wrecks shortly after 3 p.m. on Saturday.
The area between the two attack locations is already called 'Shark Alley' by the local population
An increase in bull sharks in the area is also the fault of the increase in attacks
Paramedics treated him on the spot for belly and leg injuries before a rescue helicopter flew to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in a stable state, where he stayed on Sunday morning.
The incident marks the fourth shark attack in Queensland in recent months.
On December 28 last year, 40-year-old Luke Walford was killed by a shark near the island of Humpy, weeks after a man was admitted to the hospital after a shark attack on nearby Island Curtis. Both men were spears when they were bitten.
Now the concern is sworn to boycott the beaches, for fear of their own safety.
To a Facebook page of the local community, a recent message about the Gulf of attacks, hundreds of comments withdrew.
'As I said a few months ago, they (attacks) will occur more and more often. The government dropped the ball on shark numbers, “said a person.
'Unfortunately, there will be more. The problem is that scientists mislead people to a feeling of false safety that is not much left and almost threatened in Australia. They must be fired immediately for spreading lies, “added another.
'It is the dead whale that they buried in the Zand in Woorim Beach at the end of last year. That dead carcass filters through the sand that attracted the sharks, “a third noticed.
